Bridget Moynahan is back on our TV screens on Friday May 1, as she returns as a guest star on Donnie Wahlberg's Boston Blue, the Blue Bloods spin-off series in which she starred as Erin Reagan alongside Tom Selleck.
Erin was a fan-favorite character: she was the high-powered Assistant District Attorney of New York whie also raising her daughter, Nicky Reagan-Boyle. But how much do you know about her off-screen counterpart? Find out about Bridget's life away from the cameras, from her businessman husband to her famous ex.
© Getty Images for Cantor FitzgeraBridget Moynahan's husband
Bridget, 55, met her husband, Andrew Frankel, at a time when she realized she needed to date people "in another pond". Andrew works at his family-owned firm Stuart Frankel and Co., the New York Stock Exchange's oldest independent broker.
They tied the knot at Wölffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack, New York in a rustic, fall ceremony on October 17, 2015.
While Bridget likes to keep her relationship private, in 2021 she spoke about finding love in her 40s during an interview with Glamour.
"What I learned was sometimes you have to fish in another pond, as the saying goes," said the star. "
I had been dating people in the industry. I met a really solid, good human being with none of the pretension or all that other litter," she said. "He's a really good person and a good partner. I don't think as a younger person I understood what that meant when it pertains to real-life situations."
Bridget's children
© InstagramBridget is a doting mom to her son Jack, 19, whom she shares with Tom Brady.
Andrew has three sons from a previous relationship, and Bridget has become a beloved stepmother.
Bridget's famous ex
© Getty ImagesBridget was first linked to NFL star Tom Brady, 47, in 2004, when both were at the peak of their careers: Tom had won his second Super Bowl for the New England Patriots, while Bridget was making her name in the TV and film world, starring in Coyote Ugly, Serendipity, and The Recruit.
In December 2006, the couple announced their split after three years together, but in February 2007, Bridget announced that she was expecting their child. What made things more complicated was that a month prior, Tom had entered into a romance with supermodel Gisele Bündchen.
© Getty ImagesSpeaking to Howard Stern in 2020, Tom admitted that the pregnancy came as a surprise.
"Next thing you know, I found out that Bridget was pregnant with our son," he said. "So that was a very unique time … and it challenged me in a lot of ways, again, to grow up in a different way. It was very hard for my wife to think she fell in love with this guy, and then now this guy's ex-girlfriend's pregnant."
"And it was very challenging for my son's mom, you know, because she didn't envision that either," added the sports star.
Tom went on to welcome son Benjamin and daughter Vivian with Gisele, with whom he has since divorced.
Bridget's son Jack
© InstagramIn August 2007, Bridget welcomed her and Tom's son, John 'Jack' Edward Thomas Moynahan.
Speaking in 2011 when the football star was still married to Gisele, the actress told More magazine: "I have a relationship with these people on a daily basis. I'm raising a child, and it's public. My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends."
She added: "I think from the very beginning the whole goal specifically was to always keep it positive. To raise a son in the healthiest environment, and I know we've all done that, and it shows. I always encourage everyone to stay positive and understand you have to make the kids priority."
© InstagramIn July 2023, Bridget revealed that Jack hadn't quite figured out what he wanted to do for a career but said he was more of a "more of a basketball and lacrosse player" when asked if he liked to "throw the ball around".
Jack, who is reportedly 6' 6", may be looking to play basetball at the University of Michigan when Tom joked that he was a "Future Wolverine" on social media while showcasing his basketball skills; Tom is an alumnus and active supporter of the Michigan Wolverines.
